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viking

See also: Viking, víking, and vîkîng

English

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Noun

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viking (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪkɪŋk]
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Noun

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viking m anim

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Viking

Declension

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Declension of viking (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative viking vikingové
genitive vikinga vikingů
dative vikingovi, vikingu vikingům
accusative vikinga vikingy
vocative vikingu vikingové
locative vikingovi, vikingu vikinzích
instrumental vikingem vikingy

Danish

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr m. Used since 17th century.

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viking c (singular definite vikingen, plural indefinite vikinger)

  1. Viking
Declension
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Declension of viking
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative viking vikingen vikinger vikingerne
genitive vikings vikingens vikingers vikingernes

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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse víking (fem.).

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Noun

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viking

  1. Viking sea journey, Viking raid

French

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Adjective

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viking (plural vikings)

  1. Relating to the Vikings

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish and Danish (see Swedish viking).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /²ʋiːkiŋ/

Noun

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viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. a Viking

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).

Noun

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viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

  1. a Viking
Derived terms
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  • Viking (“male given name”)

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse víking.

Noun

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viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. (historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy
    fara i viking ― go on a voyage (to raid)

Etymology 3

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From vik (“bay”).

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viking m (definite singular vikingen, indefinite plural vikingar, definite plural vikingane)

  1. an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)

Etymology 4

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From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)

Alternative forms

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Noun

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viking f (definite singular vikinga, indefinite plural vikinger, definite plural vikingene)

  1. a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

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Noun

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viking m or f by sense (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of víquingue

Adjective

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viking m or f (plural vikings or viking)

  1. Alternative form of víquingue

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French viking.

Noun

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viking m (plural vikingi)

  1. Viking

Declension

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Declension of viking
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) viking vikingul (niște) vikingi vikingii
genitive/dative (unui) viking vikingului (unor) vikingi vikingilor
vocative vikingule vikingilor

Spanish

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Noun

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viking m (plural vikings)

  1. Alternative form of vikingo

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse víkingr. In modern context was first used by Verelius and Rugman in 17th century. Made popular by Esaias Tegner in 19th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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viking c

  1. a Viking
  2. (dated) a Viking expedition (for example to raid)
    Synonym: vikingatåg
    fara i viking
    go on a Viking expedition (idiomatic)

Usage notes

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  • Compounds are almost always formed with vikinga-.

Declension

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Declension of viking 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative viking vikingen vikingar vikingarna
Genitive vikings vikingens vikingars vikingarnas

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